How to Apply

UW School of Oceanography Application Procedures and Instructions

The Application due date for Autumn 2009 has passed. Applications for Autumn 2010 are due by January 15th, 2010. The deadline for applications from International students has passed for Autumn 2009..

 

Applications must be made to the UW Graduate School: http://www.grad.washington.edu/admissions/.

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents, and Immigrants

INSTRUCTIONS FOR International Applicants

 

IN ADDITION:

Both U.S. Citizens and International Applicants must send the following to:
Michelle Townsend, Graduate Student Services
University of Washington
School of Oceanography
Box 357940
Seattle, Washington 98195-7940

 

One official copy of transcript(s) from ALL Colleges or Universities you have attended. Transcripts may read "Issued to Student" if they are sealed in the Registrar's envelope and signed or stamped on the seal. If your university does not issue "official" transcripts to students, the Registrar may send directly to us.

 

Instruct the Educational Testing Service to send official GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION (GRE) scores to Institution Code 4854. ETS is sometimes untimely in reporting scores. If your examination date is December or later, please mail or FAX a Xerox of your student report, or e-mail your scores and percentiles when they are available. Subject tests are not required. The School will accept older scores.

UW Graduate School Resources

The UW Graduate School Resources for Graduate Students page has information on:

• Graduate Education: Policies, Guidelines, Goals and Initiatives

• Finances: Support, Aid, Work

• Life: UW living for TAs, Academic Student Employee Unionization, Employees, Parents

• GPSS: The Graduate and Professional Student Senate

• Career Development: Life after Graduate School

 

If you have questions or wish to request printed application or information materials, please contact the Oceanography Academic Advisor:

Michelle Townsend

Phone: (206) 543-5039,
FAX: (206) 543-6073, or

E-mail: mtown@ocean.washington.edu.

External Fellowships

National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) - As a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, the Department of Defense (DoD) plans to award approximately 200 new three-year graduate fellowships in April 2009, subject to the availability of funds.

 

National Science Foundation Graduate Education - The Division of Graduate Education (DGE) leads the National Science Foundation’s efforts to attract the most talented US students into graduate studies, and to support them in their quest to become the leading scientists and engineers of the future. In the past year, DGE supported approximately 4500 students in graduate programs in the various STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields.

 

American Meterological Society Industry/Government Graduate Fellowships - AMS/INDUSTRY/GOVERNMENT GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS are sponsored by industry leaders and government agencies and are designed to attract promising young scientists to prepare for careers in the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic fields.

 

Nancy Foster scholarships - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program recognizes outstanding scholarship and encourages independent graduate level research -- particularly by female and minority students -- in oceanography, marine biology and maritime archaeology.

 

Hertz Foundation Fellowships - Since 1963, the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation has awarded over 1000 doctoral fellowships with the goal of supporting the early stage research endeavors of applied physical, biological, and engineering science students who possess the potential to change our world for the better by solving difficult, real-world problems.

 

NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) - The NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) is an Agency-wide fellowship program for graduate study leading to masters or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering related to NASA research and development. This twelve month award strongly encourages a research experience at the NASA center extending the GSRP Fellowship.